2000 Greek legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 April 2000.[1] The ruling PASOK of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet.
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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map of electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
PASOK | 3,008,081 | 43.80 | 158 | –4 | |
New Democracy | 2,934,948 | 42.73 | 125 | +17 | |
Communist Party of Greece | 379,280 | 5.52 | 11 | 0 | |
Synaspismos | 219,988 | 3.20 | 6 | –4 | |
Democratic Social Movement | 184,648 | 2.69 | 0 | –9 | |
Democratic Regional Union | 32,149 | 0.47 | 0 | New | |
Union of Centrists | 23,218 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | |
Union of Ecologists | 20,523 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | |
National Coalition | 14,688 | 0.21 | 0 | New | |
Front Line | 12,192 | 0.18 | 0 | New | |
Radical Left Front | 8,183 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) | 7,325 | 0.11 | 0 | New | |
Party of Hellenism | 6,241 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
Left! (M-L KKE–A) | 5,879 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
Alternative Ecologists | 3,291 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
Liberal Party | 2,123 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece | 2,044 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics | 1,153 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece | 1,139 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
Christianity | 260 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Party of Greek Workers | 153 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
National Patriotic Party | 23 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
Olympic Party | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Panhellenic Democratic Party of Peace | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 592 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 6,868,129 | 100.00 | 300 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 6,868,129 | 97.74 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 158,501 | 2.26 | |||
Total votes | 7,026,630 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 9,277,277 | 75.74 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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